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And we could also wit ness LaMont Woods backpedal ing for hours while trying to catch up with the Bears’ star wide re ceiver Bobby Shaw. While the Ducks have faced the powerful offenses of Arizona State, Washington and UCLA, California comes in with greater numbers than all three of those teams. The Golden Bears have five players ranked in the top six of five different Pacific-10 Confer ence offensive categories. Quarterback Pat Barnes rivals Arizona State’s Jake Plummer as the best quarterback in the Pac-10 and Shaw has surprised everyone by outperforming Arizona State’s Keith Poole this season. Oregon comerback Kenny Wheaton said Barnes has earned his respect. “Not taking anything away from Jake Plummer or Tony Graziani, but he’s right up there with them,” Wheaton said. “He is a very good quarterback. He is a guy you have to respect and he has been putting up big numbers the past couple of weeks. ” Big numbers? In the past four games, Barnes has thrown for a combined total OPINION or 1570 yards, which trans lates to 392 yards per game. A big prob lem for the Ducks could not only be Barnes’ pass ing ability, but also the op uuns mai iiw lias wnen passing. Any one of three receivers can be counted on to catch 10 or more passes Saturday afternoon. Shaw is joined by Na’il Ben jamin and Tony Gonzalez in the Bears’ receiving corps. Shaw tops California’s, and the Pac-lO’s, list of receivers in receptions per game and receiving yards per game. But Benjamin and Gonza lez are close behind, both ranked in the top 10 of the Pac-10 in both categories. While the Bears have been putting up astronomical offen sive numbers, the Oregon offense has been no slouch itself. The Ducks come into this weekend with the third-ranked offense in the Pac-10, after pro ducing 49 points last weekend against an Arizona defense that has been known for its toughness for the last five years. As good as the Bears’ and the Ducks’ offenses have been this season, that is how bad their de fenses have been. And there is ab solutely no reason to expect a change in that this weekend. California has played well enough this season to gamer the title of the 104th-ranked defense in the land, giving up more than 460 yards per game. You know if your offense gains almost 400 yards per game, yet your defense gives up 450 yards —you’re in trouble. Last weekend, Arizona State’s Terry Battle ran for 165 yards on the susceptible California de fense. And two weeks ago, the Bears allowed Arizona’s Keith Smith to throw for418 yards. For Oregon, last weekend was its best performance of the sea son. The Ducks held the same Arizona offense to less than 300 yards in total offense. But you don’t have to look too far beyond last weekend to see the Ducks’ demise from the famed Gang Green. Corey Dillon and the Huskies ran for a lifetime and half against the Ducks at Autzen Stadium not too long ago, and before that it was Stanford’s Chad Hutchinson throwing for more than 350 yards against the Ducks’ defense. So, if you are looking for a game featuring a five-yard run and a cloud of dust every play, I would n’t be at Autzen Stadium Satur day afternoon. But, if you are looking for a game featuring two teams combining for more than half a mile in total offense—have the Bears and Ducks got a game for you. Ryan Frank is a sports reporter for the Emerald. His views do not necessarily represent those of the newspaper. Ryan can be reached at redogSgladstone.uoregon.edu ! McTyre: A new defensive era begins next fall ■ Continued from Page 1B nine tackles (six unassisted), Young recorded six tackles (three unassisted) and Cheuvront sprung onto the scene with a quarterback sack and a total of three tackles. Coaches, fans and the media have been waiting for the younger players to make their mark. As it was when the Baileys, Cotas and Ashers were here, a sudden rising up of the younger players didn’t just happen — they followed in the footsteps of the elder players. Vandiver, Young and Cheuvront have team mates that they’ve learned from in Derrick Barnes, Reggie Jordan and Kenny Wheaton. When Barnes, Jordan and Wheaton held the roles of newcomers they had someone there to learn from, and now they’re passing their experiences on to their successors. It’s a revolving door that each player must enter and then go through, to exit four or five years later. The end of the 1995-96 season will likely mark the exit of the remaining cast from the legendary Gang Green squad. Beginning next fall, a host of new players will join Vandiver, Young and Cheuvront to form something different — maybe something better than Gang Green. However, for them to accomplish this we must let them earn their own title, so they can be their own squad instead of standing in the shadows of what used to be. Enjoy these final two games and then let Gang Green go. It’s time for everyone that follows Oregon football to move on, as the players are, when the season comes to its conclusion. Mark McTyre is the sports editor for the Emerald. His views do not necessarily represent those of the newspaper. DON’T MISS OUT ON ALL THE CURRENT CAMPUS INFORMATION .. gm Check the web. http: //darkwing Emerald PO BOX 3159. EUGENE. OREGON 97403 The Oregon Daily Emerald is published daily Mon day through Friday during the school year and Tuesday and Thursday during the summer by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co. Inc., at the University of Ore gon, Eugene, Oregon. A member of the Associated Press, the Emerald operates independently of the Uni versity with offices at Suite 300 of the Erb Memorial Union. The Emerald is private property. 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